Original text from the advertisement which I posted on page 1 of this thread (so, yes, items were promised every month for a year and a half, and Unseen was also promised).

When you join you will be sent your complete The Works custom collection delivered via First-Class Mail to anywhere in the world. Every month thereafter you will receive digital instructions for one of the routines, effects or devices in your collection. As you receive instructions for the standup mentalism act, you will also learn the details of how to put the act together, how to make the routines fit your style and persona, updated tips, professional insights and more.

You'll receive at least a year and a half of instructions and routines and perhaps even a little bit more for no additional cost to you. Every month you will learn a piece of strong, practical mentalism you can start performing immediately. In addition you'll receive a “catalog style” description of the effect that will be taught the following month giving you a month of performance and anticipation. At the outset you will receive a box filled with the dozens of special items you will need to perform the routines.

The Works is $350 plus a one-time shipping fee ($15 in USA and Canada, $25 elsewhere). Special Offer: Act now and receive The Unseen.

Only those valued founding members who join in the next 10 days will receive The Unseen: a special routine from Michael Weber and the secret Unseen device all included as part of your collection. This special offer ends 7/14/2016.

I would expect that "The Unseen" will only be sent after the final instructions have been sent out (there should be another six). My guess is that there's no teaser for the next one because they haven't decided on what it is yet.

"Every month you will learn a piece of strong, practical mentalism you can start performing immediately. In addition you'll receive a “catalog style” description of the effect that will be taught the following month giving you a month of performance and anticipation.

But hey, per its advertising, The Works promised to begin delivering every month starting Aug 2016. It should have completed its year and a half run in January 2017, more than two full years ago. But instead it's taken more than 3 1/2 years to deliver its first year of material, with another half year of material still to go, plus a so-called "bonus" effect.

When taking people's money: Say what you mean, and mean what you say.

I'm glad this thread exists. It's useful to document these broken promises for the purpose of evaluating future purchases.

Ted, if you were to count the number of times a well-intentioned person in magic stated they would publish something on such and such date, and was late (sometimes a few years late), it would be a very long list. I would be on that list myself!

Generally, I give a pass to people who are late but actually deliver the material you've paid for.

Are you happy with what you've received in the first 12 installments of The Works?

I'm a happy customer of Real Secrets, Psience and The Works. It seems to me that participating in ventures such of these carries certain, I would have thought, well understood risks, including delays, and even the premature demise of the project. On the other hand I certainly understand and sympathize with the position of unhappy and disgruntled customers of projects that fall short of their inital promises. .

One must remember that The Works is different from the other examples given because we have received all of the releases (gimmicks) upfront. All that is missing are written instructions, sent by email, for each routine associated with the gimmicks provided.

So it’s not like they are looking for creative content to send out the next issue and it’s not a lack of funds to mail out the next installement to subscribers since it’s done by email. The extensive delay is the greatest mystery in the box.

Richard Kaufman wrote:Unlike Ted, I like Real Secrets a lot. Getting fun tactile things interests me. I like the "play" factor. Ditto for The Works.You see it 32 years ago when I published "Gaffed to the Hilt."

Haversat & Ewing auctioned a copy of "Gaffed" today, with the gaffed cards - I wonder what it went for.